Improvement in boots



I. HALL.

Boots.

Patented May 27,1873.

AM, mamar/:omwille co, Ndmumsls mams) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC HALL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND DAMON,THOMAS & LEWIS, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 139,385, dated May 27,1873 application filed April 16, 1873.

To `all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ISAAC HALL, of Boston, inthe county of Suffolk andState of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Boots 5 and I dohereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawingswhich accompany and form part of this speciiication, is a description ofmy invention sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to practiceit.

\ United States Letters Patent, No. 55,799,

` datedJune 26, 1866, were granted to John f strengthen this seam and atthe same time act as a guard to facilitate the application of the bootto the foot, and its removal therefrom, I make the boot with an insideguard and brace that extends down by the center of the counter andbetween the outer and inner sole, so as to be fastened by the fasteningsthat unite said soles, and also up above the counter, being fastened atits opposite edges both to the counter and the leg portion of the boot,imparting strength to the counter-seam and protection to the heel of thewearer of the boot. In ahalf-boot, having above the counter an iinwardly-folding leg-piece and a strap or other device to fasten theparts together, I use this extension-piece as the protector and brace,stitching its opposite sides above the counter l to the opposite edgesof the leg and foot-piece,

l and its opposite edges inside of the counter to and through thecounter, its bottom edge eX- tending between and being fastened to thesoles.

`My invention consists in combining, with the boot made with a singleleg and foot piece united to a counter-piece, substantially as shown insaid Adams7 patent, a protector extending by the center of the counterto and between the inner and outer sole, (united to them by thefastenings that connect them together,) and also extending across thecounterseam, being united both to the counter and leg pieces by oppositelines or rows of stitches, all the parts being thus united by suchprotector-piece. The invention also consists in making this protector,(extending to and between the inner and outer soles, and united to themand to the counter at its opposite edges,) the folding extension thatconnects the edges of the leg-piece, and folds within the boot when theparts are fastened by the strap.

The drawing represents a boot and a halfboot embodying my improvement,the boots being shown in rear view. l

a denotes the outer sole, Ac, the footand legpiece, and d the counter.The piece o being cut on the Adams plan, and the counter fastened to itby the stitches e, i`n the usual manner. I stitch to the counter theprotectorpiece f, the stitches g extending from the bottom of thecounter at both edges of the piece f upward beyond the counter, saidstitches forming the medium of connection to the leg and upper piece7 asseen at Fig. 2; or being stitched to said piece at each side of the cen`ter-seam h, as seen at Fig. 1.

The upper being thus formed with the piece f attached, the upper islasted to the inner sole, and in lasting the bottom edge of the piece fis lasted over with the bottom edge of the counter, and then thecounter, the edge of the strip f, and the inner sole and outer sole, areall united by the ordinary fastenings that connect the inner and outersoles. In the halfboct the piece f, above the counter, forms theextension to be turned in when the strap 'i is buckled.

By this construction this kind of boot is very much improved and is madeeasier to wear and more enduring in its connections, the employment orextension of the piece f, from the soles to which it is firmly united tothe leg-piece, to which it is also firmly united, relieving the seamfrom all strain in drawing the boot upon or from the foot.`

I claim- Y 1. In combination with the boot having a foot and 1eg piece,c, and a counter-piece, d, and made as the inwardly-foldngap, to be cutand united substantially as shown, the used in connection with the strapz', or equivaprotector f, extending from the soles a a, lent fasteningdevice.

across the seam h, and united to the soles, to Y ISAAC HALL. thecounter, and to the leg and foot piece7 Witnesses: substantially a'sshown and described. FRANCIS GoULD,

2. The protector-piecef,a.pp1ied as described M. W. FROTHINGHAM.

